Recipes : Watermelon Margarita with lime-basil salt & mint sugar

December 11, 2018
|In Recipes
|By Taryne Jakobi
Watermelon Margaritas with Lime-Basil Salt

Watermelon with Mint Sugar

Watermelon Margaritas with Basil-Lime Salt & Mint Sugar 

AuthorTaryne JakobiCategoryDrinks

Yields1 Serving
For The Simple Syrup
 100 g white sugar
 250 ml water
 1 lime, juice and zest
 1 orange zest
For The Mint Sugar
 30 g mint leaves, washed & picked from the stems
 150 g granulated white sugar
For the Basil- Lime Salt
 2 limes, zest only
 30 g basil, you can include the stems if they are not too tough
 2 tbsp celery seeds
 150 g smoked sea salt flakes
For The Margarita's
 ¼ wedge seedless watermelon
 125 ml strawberry juive
 125 ml simple syrup
 2 cups ice
 4 tots tequila, optional
 1 lime, juice and zest
 lime wedges to garnish
For The Simple Syrup
1

Combine all in a small saucepan, bring to the boil. Turn down heat, simmer for two minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

For The Mint Sugar
2

Whizz the mint leaves with the sugar in a food processor until combined.
tip into a bowl and set aside.

For The Basil -Lime Salt
3

Whizz all the ingredients together in a food processor, you might need to scrape the sides of the bowl as the basil will clump together.
Once all combined tip onto a baking tray and spread out evenly to dry.

For The Margaritas
4

To make the margarita, start by rimming the glasses with the lime & basil salt.
Using a wedge of lime, moisten the rim of the glass. Dip the glass into the basil salt, turn up right and set aside to dry whilst making the margarita.
Whizz the watermelon, strawberry juice, simple syrup, ice, tequila, lime juice & zest in a blender until the ice is crushed.
Pour into the salt rimmed glasses, garnish with lime wedges, a watermelon wedge and a teaspoon of the mint sugar.
Serve immediately.

Ingredients

For The Simple Syrup
 100 g white sugar
 250 ml water
 1 lime, juice and zest
 1 orange zest
For The Mint Sugar
 30 g mint leaves, washed & picked from the stems
 150 g granulated white sugar
For the Basil- Lime Salt
 2 limes, zest only
 30 g basil, you can include the stems if they are not too tough
 2 tbsp celery seeds
 150 g smoked sea salt flakes
For The Margarita's
 ¼ wedge seedless watermelon
 125 ml strawberry juive
 125 ml simple syrup
 2 cups ice
 4 tots tequila, optional
 1 lime, juice and zest
 lime wedges to garnish

Directions

For The Simple Syrup
1

Combine all in a small saucepan, bring to the boil. Turn down heat, simmer for two minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

For The Mint Sugar
2

Whizz the mint leaves with the sugar in a food processor until combined.
tip into a bowl and set aside.

For The Basil -Lime Salt
3

Whizz all the ingredients together in a food processor, you might need to scrape the sides of the bowl as the basil will clump together.
Once all combined tip onto a baking tray and spread out evenly to dry.

For The Margaritas
4

To make the margarita, start by rimming the glasses with the lime & basil salt.
Using a wedge of lime, moisten the rim of the glass. Dip the glass into the basil salt, turn up right and set aside to dry whilst making the margarita.
Whizz the watermelon, strawberry juice, simple syrup, ice, tequila, lime juice & zest in a blender until the ice is crushed.
Pour into the salt rimmed glasses, garnish with lime wedges, a watermelon wedge and a teaspoon of the mint sugar.
Serve immediately.

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